SPLASH ’N‘ GOwith BY THE NUMBERS
SECURITY GUARDS STABBED before the Cup race at Pocono Raceway. Daniel Kupper, 20, of
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Melrose Park, Pa., was being held on $100,000 bond and charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and underage drinking.
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YEAR of Travis Pastrana’s NASCAR debut. Pastrana had planned to run seven Nationwide races this year but after breaking his right
ankle and foot during a motorcycle trick in the X Games, he was forced to cancel his entire 2011 slate.
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NASCAR & POP CULTURE
JEFF BURTON
Cup Series driver, No. 31
TRAVIS KVAPIL
Cup Series driver, No. 38
MATT CRAFTON
Truck Series driver, No. 88
TY DILLON
ARCA Series driver, No. 41
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Name of your high school teams?
Comets
Favorite color of car?
Black Zoo,
amusement park or museum?
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Ever cry at a movie?
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Huntersville, N.C., police seized during an investigation. Trevor Lysne, tire
changer for Juan Pablo Montoya’s No. 42, and Earnhardt Ganassi Racing mechanic Jerome David Frey were both arrested
and charged with traffi cking marijuana. Both were suspended by NASCAR and fi red by EGR.
MILES of both Cup races at 40 Pocono Raceway in 2012.
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AMOUNT RAISED for Paralyzed Veterans of America by a Food City store in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Richard Petty said he’d do an autograph session at the store that raised the most money, and Oak Ridge won.
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year off.” incredible fuel mileage. No Red Men Blue
Amusement park
Yes, I’m an emotional guy
2 mph on restrictor-plate tracks. to his advantage.
AGE of Russell Berrier, who was charged with operating
an illegal NASCAR racing pool from the “No Limit” bar in Lexington, N.C.
reasons your favorite driver fi nally won a Cup race:
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10 Those really successful teams decided to “take the 9 Nobody starts trying until Chase gets under way. 8 Refusing to drive faster than 55 mph provided 7 Crew’s new, more aerodynamic haircuts worth extra 6 For once, bone-headed two-tire call actually worked 5 Able to sneak one of those “questionable” oil pans 4 Crew chief fi nally explained to him why there was a 3 Waited until white fl ag to use the old “hey, let a 2 Discovered all those pit stops not really necessary.
through tech inspection. “4” on the gearshift knob. teammate lead a lap” trick.
Less money spent on research and development, more money spent paying off race offi cials.
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